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Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants

compiled by Elizabeth Painter

up to date as of May 1, 2016

Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).





TaxonSuaeda calceoliformis
groupEudicots
FamilyChenopodiaceae
Family common name(s)chenopod; chenopode; goosefoot; pigweed; pigweeds
Genus common name(s)suaeda; sea-blite; seablite; sea blite; sea-blight; sea blight; seablight; seepweed
Species common name(s)horned sea-blite; horned sea blite; horned seablite; Pursh's sea-blite; Pursh's seablite; Pursh's seepweed; Pursh's seep-weed; Pursh sea-blite; Pursh seablite; Pursh seepweed; Pursh seep-weed; American sea-blite; American seablite; American seepweed; plains sea-blite; plains seablite; Paiute-weed; Paiute weed; Pahuteweed
 
 
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxawestern seepweed, western sea-blite, western sea blite, western sea-blight, western sea blight are more commonly applied to Suaeda occidentalis; broom seepweed is applied to multiple Suaeda taxa; sea-goosefoot, sea goosefoot are applied to multiple Chenopodiaceae taxa; sea pickle is applied to taxa in multiple families
 
NotesPursh, American, Paiute, Pahute are proper names, so upper case preferable; Purshs is an error
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcAmaranthaceae; Suaeda depressa (Pursh) S. Watson var. depressa, misapplied; Suaeda depressa var. erecta S. Watson
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